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Apparatus of storing URL information transmitted via vertical blanking interval of television signal

  • US 6,075,568 A
  • Filed: 05/08/1997
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A broadcast receiver for receiving broadcast signals in which a data signal is transmitted together with a video signal, comprising:

  • receiving means for receiving said broadcast signals;

    a video decoder for decoding said video signal received by said receiving means;

    separating means for separating said data signal from said broadcast signals received by said receiving means;

    judging means for judging whether said data signal separated from said broadcast signals by said separating means is address information associated with a computer network or is character broadcast information;

    storing means for storing a separated data signal when said separated data signal is judged to be said address information associated with said computer network;

    list making means for making a list of said address information stored in said storing means;

    a data decoder for decoding said character broadcast information present in said separated data signal;

    a user operated control panel;

    a selector for selecting as an output one of a decoded video signal from said video decoder, a decoded character broadcast information signal from said data decoder, or the list of said address information from said list making means in response to a selection command from said control panel; and

    a display for displaying the output of said selector based on said selection command.

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